Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Through
Belief
General references
Bible References
We
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We always have to thank God for you, brothers, as it is right that we should, because your faith is growing so wonderfully and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
Romans 1:8
First I thank my God through Jesus Christ about you all, because the news of your faith is spreading all over the world.
Romans 6:17
But, thank God! though you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient from your hearts to the standard of teaching that you received,
Beloved
2 Thessalonians 2:16
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and kindly given us unfailing encouragement and a well-founded hope,
Colossians 3:12
As persons chosen by God, then, consecrated and dearly loved, you must clothe yourselves with tenderness of heart, kindness, humility, gentleness, forbearance.
1 John 4:10
The love consists not in our having loved God, but in his loving us and sending his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
From
John 1:1
In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine.
John 8:44
The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.
Hebrews 1:10
And "You, Lord, in the beginning founded the earth, And the sky is the work of your hands!
Through
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and full of wicked deception for men who are going to destruction, because they refused to love the truth and be saved.
Luke 1:75
And should serve him in holiness and uprightness, unafraid, In his own presence all our lives.
1 Peter 1:2
whom God the Father has chosen and predestined by the consecration of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ, and to be sprinkled with his blood; God bless you and give you perfect peace.
Belief
John 8:45
But because I tell the truth you will not believe me.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am Way and Truth and Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
Acts 13:48
When the heathen heard this they were delighted, and praised God's message, and all who were destined for eternal life believed,
Acts 15:9
making no difference between us and them, but cleansing their hearts by faith.
Galatians 3:1
You senseless Galatians! Who has bewitched you, when you had Jesus Christ shown crucified right before your eyes?
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God.
Colossians 1:5
and for the hope of what is stored up for you in heaven. You first heard of it long ago when the true message of the gospel
2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to win God's approval as a workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, but rightly shapes the message of truth.
2 Timothy 3:15
and how from childhood you have known the Scriptures which can give you the wisdom that through faith in Christ Jesus leads to salvation.
James 1:18
Of his own accord he brought us into being through the message of truth, so that we might be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.
General references
Luke 1:75
And should serve him in holiness and uprightness, unafraid, In his own presence all our lives.
Acts 15:18
who has been making this known from of old.'
Romans 9:16
So it depends not on human will or exertion, but on the mercy of God.